most points scored in first nba game by a player in the last 50 seasons

Since 1976-77, Pete Maravich and Mike Newlin are tied for the most points in the first team game, with 33 points.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	PF
1	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	33	10/22/1976	NOJ	vs	PHX	42	2	4	0	1	13	30	43.3	7	8	87.5	49.2	1	1	3
2	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	33	10/21/1976	HOU	@	ATL	39	4	9			14	18	77.8	5	5	100.0	81.7			0
3	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	32	10/21/1976	BOS	@	IND	50	6	11	4	0	14	20	70.0	4	4	100.0	73.5			5
4	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	30	10/22/1976	NYN	@	GSW	44	1	8	1	0	11	23	47.8	8	10	80.0	54.7	1	0	2
5	Dan Issel D. Issel	30	10/22/1976	DEN	@	IND	32	9	1	0	0	12	19	63.2	6	7	85.7	67.9	3	6	3
6	Doug Collins D. Collins	30	10/22/1976	PHI	vs	SAS	43	3	9	4	0	11	14	78.6	8	11	72.7	79.6			2
7	Alvan Adams A. Adams	29	10/22/1976	PHX	@	NOJ	34	14	3	3	1	13	25	52.0	3	8	37.5	50.8	5	9	5
8	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	29	10/22/1976	PHI	vs	SAS	42	15	5	1	0	11	21	52.4	7	11	63.6	56.1			5
9	John Drew J. Drew	29	10/21/1976	ATL	vs	HOU	39	9	0			13	25	52.0	3	5	60.0	53.3			2
10	Billy Knight B. Knight	29	10/21/1976	IND	vs	BOS	45	9	4	2	1	12	22	54.5	5	6	83.3	58.8			3
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	29	10/21/1976	LAL	@	NYK	43	17	5			13	22	59.1	3	6	50.0	58.8			4
12	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	28	10/22/1976	GSW	vs	NYN	39	9	7	2	1	13	20	65.0	2	2	100.0	67.0	4	5	1
13	Charlie Scott C. Scott	28	10/21/1976	BOS	@	IND	47	11	4	3	0	12	23	52.2	4	4	100.0	56.5			4
14	John Williamson J. Williamson	27	10/22/1976	NYN	@	GSW	36	5	4	0	1	12	19	63.2	3	3	100.0	66.4	0	5	4
15	Billy Paultz B. Paultz	27	10/22/1976	SAS	@	PHI	29	7	1	1	4	12	15	80.0	3	3	100.0	82.7			5
16	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	26	10/22/1976	CHI	@	CLE	45	1	11	2	0	8	22	36.4	10	11	90.9	48.4	0	1	5
17	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	26	10/22/1976	WAS	vs	LAL	36	11	0			8	17	47.1	10	11	90.9	59.5			5
18	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	24	10/23/1976	POR	vs	NYN	41	18	1	1	0	9	19	47.4	6	6	100.0	55.5	7	11	3
19	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	23	10/21/1976	IND	vs	BOS	40	8	0	3	4	8	14	57.1	7	10	70.0	62.5			6
20	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	23	10/21/1976	BOS	@	IND	47	5	3	2	0	8	22	36.4	7	8	87.5	45.1			0
21	John Shumate J. Shumate	23	10/21/1976	BUF	@	MIL	35	15	1	2	1	9	16	56.3	5	9	55.6	57.6			3
22	Rick Barry R. Barry	22	10/22/1976	GSW	vs	NYN	46	3	8	2	0	7	17	41.2	8	10	80.0	51.4	0	3	3
23	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	22	10/22/1976	DET	@	KCK	42	7	4	1	3	8	18	44.4	6	8	75.0	51.1			4
24	Ernie DiGregorio E. DiGregorio	22	10/21/1976	BUF	@	MIL	34	3	8	2	0	8	14	57.1	6	8	75.0	62.8			2
25	Lucius Allen L. Allen	22	10/21/1976	LAL	@	NYK	43	0	7			9	18	50.0	4	4	100.0	55.7	0	0	2